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The Washington establishment got all riled up last week at the news that South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint was leaving the US Senate to take charge of the Heritage Foundation, a once-respected conservative think tank that today is largely — but not yBy EDITORIAL | December 14, 2012

If you're an independent, you know that one of the advantages of not belonging to a political party is that you don't have to help choose the US Senate nominees for the Republicans and Democrats from a list of retreads, reactionaries, rejects, and rectu Politics + Other Mistakes By AL DIAMON | June 01, 2012

The pundits and politicos have had a tough time analyzing Elizabeth Warren as a candidate in the coming race for US Senate with Republican incumbent Scott Brown. Before she became a political phenomenon, Elizabeth Warren grew beyond academia to take her message to the public By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | January 27, 2012

[Opening image: Massachusetts State House]Voiceover: Massachusetts is a liberal, Democrat state. It deserves a liberal, Democrat Senator.[fade to black]Voiceover: But two years ago, voters made...By David S. Bernstein | January 19, 2012

A book about middle-class bankruptcy, being published next week, includes a chapter co-authored by US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. Her contribution, interpreting newly available data,...By David S. Bernstein | January 06, 2012

It may seem like the Democratic nomination of a challenger to US Senator Scott Brown has been wrapped up. That's not true — there are 11 months left before the primary, and a lot can still happen. Elizabeth Warren hasn’t wrapped up the nomination for Senate; she's only determined who can beat her if she falters. By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 14, 2011

"DeepThinker" asks: Should Elizabeth Warren run for U.S. Senate? The popularity of Bob Massie is greatly under-reported, Setti Warren is gaining ground, and Alan Khazei's...By David S. Bernstein | July 01, 2011

Senator Scott Brown has just opened a federal political action committee (PAC), called the Brown Victory Committee, to collect large-dollar contributions -- using the exact...By David S. Bernstein | March 23, 2011

Kim Driscoll, Mayor of Salem, is using a convenient excuse -- a reception in Easthampton for the women-in-politics organization Emerge Massachusetts -- to do a...By David S. Bernstein | February 28, 2011

While eco-friendly initiatives gained some local traction this year, the national environmental picture was relatively bleak in 2010 — and stands to get even more depressing next year. Going green By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 24, 2010